Bridgeport Telegram Founded 181 A Brief History
Bridgeport Telegram traces its origins to 181 and marks its long history as a daily paper published by The Post Publishing Co. at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn. The notice lists subscription rates and service details including postal classifications and advertising representations in New York and Chicago.
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Four Line 0 Cheer Poem by Kendrick Bangs
The poem presents a reflective verse by John Kendrick Bangs about mystery belief, life, and faith that Earth was created with purpose. It explores existence, meaning, and a hopeful view of humanity inside a casual, archaic poetic style.
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John ‘Kendrick Bangs
Patla
Earth
Editorial Notes Blur The News Of The Day
A collage of stray lines about winters, outbreaks, strikes, politics and fashion. Mentions include Dock strike at Havana, Lady Astor politics, Chicago price trends, and New York concrete parks. The jumble reflects a newspaper page's editorial musings and clipped quips.
New Year Prohibition Ballad Against Wood Alcohol
A verse titled Walt Masons Daily Jingle warns against wood alcohol on New Year’s Day. It mocks drinkers tempted by illegal liquors, notes the dangers and fatalities, and laments Prohibition’s impact as a warning about harmful spirits and their consequences.
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Dane Ball
Bridgeport as a spoke city faces double fare impact
The piece explains how Bridgeport’s radial layout makes a six cent fare effectively twelve cents on most trips and twenty four cents for round trips under the zone system. It notes similar pressures in other spoke cities versus loop cities like Philadelphia and Chicago where nickel mileage buys more, highlighting fare inequities and potential bankruptcies among trolley firms.
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Beardsley Park
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Ash Creek
Stratford
Cleveland
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Chicago
Washington’s planned child theatre to use playground youth
A community welfare society backs a theatre project in Washington that would recruit children from playgrounds as actors and audience. Supervisors will guide the effort with instructors, and the venture aims to teach by doing through simple plays that instruct and moralize, leaving lasting impressions on both child actors and spectators.
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Slanderous jest blamed for Sims misread vow to fight
The Philadelphia Record claims an unnamed adviser jokingly warned Admiral Sims he would fight the British as readily as the Germans. It recalls a past London speech that drew Taft’s rebuke and Kaiser protest and argues the joke misled the admiral who failed to see the humor. The paper contends such jokers have no place in government.
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Philadelphia Record
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London
Great Britain
Germany
England
America
Taft
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Baker backs Wadsworth bill in Senate panel
Secretary of War Baker told the Senate military committee he strongly supports the Wadsworth plan to reorganize the army and restate policy. He called it the most stately and effective reform yet, arguing it could win over former critics and showing brains win in the end. The piece notes the era’s rail fence imagery and Lincoln references as context for national sentiment.
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Daniel
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Senate Military Committee
Wadsworth
Senate Committee
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Amy
Favorite Poems Verses Of Emerson 1837
A compact excerpt of Ralph Waldo Emerson poem lines praising memory of heroes who fought and died for liberty. It evokes a votive stone by a green bank and a bridge over flood waters as Time and Nature spare the shaft raised to the departed.
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R. W. Emerson
Thought Flashes Quote on Home and Virtue
A compact reflection attributes virtue to the man at home and distance from it when away. Timothy Titcomb frames this moral observation as a concise maxim about personal conduct and place.
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Timothy Titcomb
Fed Up on Ireland and indifference to city sidewalks
Letters to the editor express frustration with Irish political issues and England's role, plus a city concern about shoveled sidewalks and police inaction during recent snow and ice storms. The writer urges editorial action to enforce sidewalk safety and municipal laws.
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Ilsta Coms
Proportional Representation in Ireland Gains Support
A letter argues that Ireland’s first large scale proportional representation elections show minorities receive fair voice rather than be submerged by majorities. It claims PR simplifies voting for the public, reduces prejudice, and improves government, urging adoption and education.
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Southern Ireland
Sinn Fein
Northern Ireland
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Philadelphia Paletta Ledger
Ask Questions The Telegram Information Bureau Offers Free Help
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington under Frederic J. Haskin invites readers to state questions briefly and send a 2 cent stamp for return postage. Inquiries are confidential with answers sent directly to individuals, and there is no charge beyond the return postage.
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Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Frederic J. Haskin
Questions and Answers from a 1910s Newspaper Column
A reader asks about Weather bureau observation frequency and silver dollar value. Answers explain three daily observations for forecast records, silver must reach $1.29 per ounce for its intrinsic value to exceed the dollar, and references cover whiskey signs, medieval wonders, Florida rainfall patterns, flag colors meanings, Chinese money on silver basis, and a census figure of 101,232 Greeks in the United States as of 1910.
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Bridgeport 1889 Newssheet Highlights Local Events
Forty years ago today Bridgeport notes a Catholic Fair in Danbury, a reduction in Naugatuck road fares discussed, and calm church attendance as mild January weather continues. Mentions W. D. Bishop purchasing W. W. Harral residence for 6500, and Bridgeport figures in prison and business growth. Also reports deaths, a telegraph office opening, and a grand relief meeting for Ireland.
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